2010 Scottish League Cup Final

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2010 Scottish League Cup Final
Event 2009–10 Scottish League Cup
St. Mirren Rangers
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Date 21 March 2010
Venue Hampden Park, Glasgow
Referee Craig Thomson
Attendance 44,538
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The 2010 Scottish League Cup Final was the final match of the 2009–10 Scottish League Cup, the 63rd season of the Scottish League Cup.

Route to the Final

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See also: Scottish League Cup 2009–10

St. Mirren

Round Opposition Score
First Round East Stirlingshire (a) 3–6
Second Round Ayr United (a) 0–2
Third Round Kilmarnock (a) 1–2
Quarter-final Motherwell (h) 3–0
Semi-final Hearts (n) 1–0

St. Mirren faced Third Division East Stirlingshire at Ochilview Park in their first match, a comfortable 6–3 victory was secured with five goals from Billy Mehmet and one from Stephen O'Donnell. Mehmet scored one from close range, one from a chip and a third from a header to complete his hat-trick in 17 minutes. The half time score was 3-4 with Memhet scoring all of St. Mirren's goals and Stephen McGuire and an Andy Rodgers brace netting for East Stirlingshire. Memhet and O'Donnell completed the scoring in the second half.[1] St. Mirren then travelled to Somerset Park to play Ayr United, Michael Higdon scored the opener after 25 minutes with a header from a David Barron cross. Dean Keenan was sent off for United in 89 minutes and Billy Memhet scored 66 seconds later to emsure the win.[2] The further trip to Ayrshire awaited St. Mirren in the third round at Rugby Park, the match ended 1-2 to the away team with goals from Stephen McGinn and a 93-minute Andy Dorman strike.[3] The quarter-final opponents were Motherwell at St. Mirren Park. The match ended 3-0 with goals from Michael Higdon, Jack Ross and a Stephen Craigan own goal.[4] Memhet added his eighth goal of the League Cup campaign with the only goal in a 1-0 semi-final win over Hearts at Fir Park.[5]

Rangers

Round Opposition Score
Third Round Queen of the South (a) 1–2
Quarter-final Dundee (a) 1–3
Semi-final St. Johnstone (n) 2–0

As Rangers had been competing in Europe, they entered the competition in the third round. Rangers began their campaign against Dumfries team Queen of the South from the First Division, it was the first meeting between the two teams since the 2008 Scottish Cup Final.[6] Steven Naismith opened the scoring with a tap in from a Kris Boyd cross. Substitute Nacho Novo made it 2-0 to Rangers but former Rangers youth player Robert Harris scored a consolation in 91 minutes.[7] Dundee were beaten 3–1 at Dens Park in the quarter-final, Steven Whittaker headed Rangers in front before a Leigh Griffiths free-kick made the scores level at half time. Rangers then took the lead against the run of play with a Gary MacKenzie own-goal on 57 minutes and John Fleck rounded off the scoring with five minutes to go.[8] St. Johnstone were the next opponents, goals from Steven Davis and Lee McCulloch ensured a 2–0 victory at Hampden Park. After 26 minutes, Davis latched onto Nacho Novo's cross and lashed the ball into the net from close range at the second attempt. McCulloch doubled their advantage following fine build-up play with a low, driven shot from the edge of the box that slipped under the body of Saints goalkeeper Graeme Smith.[9]

Match

Team news

St. Mirren were without defender Chris Innes due to a torn abductor muscle. Also missing were Rory Loy, who was ineligible under the terms of his loan deal from Rangers, and Tom Brighton.[10] Brighton was ruled out for the rest of the 2009–10 season due to a knee injury.[11]

Rangers defender Madjid Bougherra missed his second successive League Cup final through a hamstring injury.[12] Also missing was Kirk Broadfoot due to a hamstring strain.[13] On 20 March Rangers manager Walter Smith stated that Neil Alexander, usually Rangers' reserve goalkeeper, was to continue in goal for the final, having played in the previous rounds.[14] Midfielder Steven Davis was a late fitness concern with a sickness bug.[15]

Match Summary

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Match details

21 March 2010
15:00
St. Mirren 0 – 1 Rangers
Report Goal 84' Miller
Red card 53' Thomson
Red card 71' Wilson
Hampden Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 44,538
Referee: C Thomson
St. Mirren
Rangers
ST. MIRREN :
GK 1 Scotland Paul Gallacher
RWB 2 Scotland Jack Ross
CB 5 Scotland Lee Mair Booked 57'
CB 6 Scotland John Potter (c)
CB 4 Scotland David Barron
LWB 3 Republic of Ireland Graham Carey
CM 8 Scotland Hugh Murray Booked 19' Substituted off 60'
CM 7 Scotland Steven Thomson
CM 8 Scotland Garry Brady Booked 67' Substituted off 85'
CF 9 Republic of Ireland Billy Mehmet Substituted off 70'
CF 11 England Michael Higdon
Substitutes:
GK 17 Scotland Mark Howard
DF 15 Scotland Steven Robb
MF 16 Wales Andy Dorman Substituted in 60'
FW 12 Scotland Stephen O'Donnell Substituted in 85'
FW 14 Scotland Craig Dargo Substituted in 70'
Manager:
Scotland Gus MacPherson
RANGERS :
GK 25 Scotland Neil Alexander
RB 16 Scotland Steven Whittaker Booked 29'
CB 3 Scotland David Weir (c)
CB 66 Scotland Danny Wilson Red card 71'
LB 5 Bosnia and Herzegovina Saša Papac
RM 7 Northern Ireland Steven Davis Substituted off 45'
CM 6 Scotland Lee McCulloch Booked 73'
CM 8 Scotland Kevin Thomson Red card 53'
LM 10 Spain Nacho Novo Substituted off 89'
FW 9 Scotland Kris Boyd Substituted off 79'
FW 18 Scotland Kenny Miller Booked 85'
Substitutes:
GK 1 Scotland Allan McGregor
DF 26 Scotland Steven Smith Substituted in 89'
MF 2 United States Maurice Edu Substituted in 45'
FW 20 United States Damarcus Beasley
FW 14 Scotland Steven Naismith Substituted in 79'
Manager:
Scotland Walter Smith

MATCH OFFICIALS[16]

  • Referee: Craig Thomson
  • Assistant Referee 1: Martin Cryans
  • Assistant Referee 2: James Bee
  • Fourth Official: Brian Winter

MATCH RULES

  • 90 minutes
  • 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level
  • Five named substitutes
  • Maximum of three substitutions

Statistics

Statistic St. Mirren Rangers
Goals scored 0 1
Total shots 11 14
Shots on target 3 4
Ball possession 65% 35%
Corner kicks 9 2
Fouls committed 23 11
Offsides 0 0
Yellow cards 3 3
Red cards 0 2

Source

Media coverage

In the UK the 2010 Scottish League Cup Final will be broadcast live on BBC One Scotland on their Sportscene programme with build-up starting at 14:30 GMT.

Commentary of the match on radio is from BBC Radio Scotland, BBC Radio nan Gàidheal and BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra.

In Ireland the 2010 Scottish League Cup Final will be broadcast live on Setanta Ireland.

References

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